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I was going through some blizzard artwork in my ugly beta deprived state when I stumbled across a picture of a container that looks alike to the one in sc1 with the zerg/prot hybrids.
It would make sense that the place is underground because Duran, or whoever, took the effort to hide them.
Anyways, what do you guys think of the form of the Xel'naga? It looks to me like a zerg queen and doesn't really resemble the Protoss at all, but it would make sense for it to have a powerful body (purity of essence/zerg) coupled with powerful psionic capabilities (purity of form/toss); thereby having a more zergy look coupled with Protoss intelligence. Also who is the figure who seems to be standing guard?
The only other explanation I can see for this picture would be that Zerg, by conquering Aiur, managed to finally achieve the goal of integrating the Protoss into the swarm. However this is less likely because I would imagine there to be creep and a more Zergy look around the place.
I don't believe that this is a new picture, so this may have been discussed like a year ago. Considering that I have been lurking the sc2 forums a lot lately i don't believe that anyone has made anything about this.
![[image loading]](http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3476/xel.th.png)
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i've seen this before i think 
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Is it shards or eggs? Looks like something out of Aliens movie. And what is in that "Water container?"
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Looks like the protoss are holding some sort of specimen. The crystals look like they are powering the chamber and perhaps some sort of containment unit. I'd bet it's the Xel'Naga, perhaps thats one of the reasons why the protoss are so advanced despite being a tribal culture. The crystals could also be so Templar can connect (from a large distance) to the specimen mentally and study it.
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its the hybrid i think!!!
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It seems very Duranish. I would put money on Duran and not Xel naga
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On June 30 2010 19:21 RodrigoX wrote:
It seems very Duranish. I would put money on Duran and not Xel naga
What do you mean duranish? Duran works for the Xel naga i am not sure if he is one but he is thousands of years old.
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It looks like the zerg queen in the chamber. This is a very old pic though.
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It's Zeratul on the Dark Moon, before confronting the being known as Samir Duran
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_moon
EDIT more background: Duran would refer to the hybrid as the "completion of a cycle, a reference to the life cycle of the xel'naga, in which the long-lived but not immortal race would regenerate itself by modifying two species with purity of form and essence to naturally over eons involve into a new incarnation of the xel'naga.
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On June 30 2010 19:47 ordos wrote:It's Zeratul on the Dark Moon, before confronting the being known as Samir Duran http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_moonEDIT more background: Duran would refer to the hybrid as the "completion of a cycle, a reference to the life cycle of the xel'naga, in which the long-lived but not immortal race would regenerate itself by modifying two species with purity of form and essence to naturally over eons involve into a new incarnation of the xel'naga.
I know that happened but i am not sure if this picture refers to that because i think it was made for starcraft two so its more likely to have occured after and in the mission it wasn't in a cave plus that guy doesn't really look like zeratul.
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Could be a hybrid. But it almost looks like a queen instead.
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The last contact the Protoss and the Xel'Naga had was just prior to the Aeon of Strife. They did kill a number of their "creators" as they left, but they did not have a firm grasp on Xel'Naga technology and spent the following era warring amongst themselves. It'd be very odd if they had managed to secure an example of one, living or dead, and preserve it for any length of time.
It would be much more likely to be a specimen held by the Zerg, since their contact was much later and ended in the majority of the Xel'Naga being absorbed by the Overmind. Their grasp on technology was even worse, but the Overmind was a very quick learner! It's possible they kept some bodies.
Much more likely is this was drawn back during a time when the Xel'Naga weren't very exciting, but the thought of a Zerg/Protoss hybrid was the bee's knees due to Duran's experiments ("noted as Duranish by an above poster").
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On June 30 2010 19:16 Phayze wrote:
Looks like the protoss are holding some sort of specimen. The crystals look like they are powering the chamber and perhaps some sort of containment unit. I'd bet it's the Xel'Naga, perhaps thats one of the reasons why the protoss are so advanced despite being a tribal culture. The crystals could also be so Templar can connect (from a large distance) to the specimen mentally and study it.
The Protoss learned from the Xel'Naga willingly, not by any sort of evaluation. The technology necessary to become a space-faring civilization was left to them (including a ship!). However, it's not likely that they caught one alive or were advanced enough to preserve one like that at the time of the Xel'Naga's departure.
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The "Guard" has a psi blade if I'm not mistaking... I think those are not xel'naga
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On June 30 2010 18:24 crimsn wrote: I was going through some blizzard artwork in my ugly beta deprived state when I stumbled across a picture of a container that looks alike to the one in sc1 with the zerg/prot hybrids. It would make sense that the place is underground because Duran, or whoever, took the effort to hide them. Anyways, what do you guys think of the form of the Xel'naga? It looks to me like a zerg queen and doesn't really resemble the Protoss at all, but it would make sense for it to have a powerful body (purity of essence/zerg) coupled with powerful psionic capabilities (purity of form/toss); thereby having a more zergy look coupled with Protoss intelligence. Also who is the figure who seems to be standing guard? The only other explanation I can see for this picture would be that Zerg, by conquering Aiur, managed to finally achieve the goal of integrating the Protoss into the swarm. However this is less likely because I would imagine there to be creep and a more Zergy look around the place. I don't believe that this is a new picture, so this may have been discussed like a year ago. Considering that I have been lurking the sc2 forums a lot lately i don't believe that anyone has made anything about this.
I think it's actually the same thing, unbeknownst to the zerg they're desire to integrate the protoss will ultimately yield the recreation of the Xel'Naga and thus the end of both of the races purposes.
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I think by the end of the last campaign, we'll catch a glimpse of the Xel'Naga.
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Xel'Naga =/= Protoss - Zerg Hybrid.
Xel'Naga will make a P/Z Hybrid, them themselfs made both Zerg and Protoss, and now seek to create a third race to kill everyone else as they are not satisfied with their own creations.
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alls i know is that i want to raid that dungeon on world of starcraft.
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On June 30 2010 21:54 Sting wrote:
Xel'Naga =/= Protoss - Zerg Hybrid.
Xel'Naga will make a P/Z Hybrid, them themselfs made both Zerg and Protoss, and now seek to create a third race to kill everyone else as they are not satisfied with their own creations.
Wrong.
From the wiki:
While there are vague references of the xel'naga conquering worlds and uplifting species, their most notable involvement was with the protoss and zerg.[1] Their interest in these two species was due to the xel'naga's cyclical life cycle. When the incredibly long-lived xel'naga were due to come to an end, the xel'naga would use these two species to be reborn.
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The xel'naga were incredibly long-lived by protoss standards, but not immortal; eventually their species would come to an end. In the interest of survival they planned to create new xel'naga by uplifting two species. A pair of qualities was required and these were defined by the xel'naga as the purity of essence and the purity of form, and each uplifted species would be targeted for one of them. Over an extraordinary long period of time, the two species would naturally come together and merge.[3]
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Xel'naga
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EPT![[image loading]](http://img5.imageshack.us/i/xel.png/)
